Sermon illustrations: Fear

Fear of Abandonment

Daniel Sulmasy (then head of the Bioethics Institute of New York Medical College) made an...

Not Trusting the Airplane

Uncle Oscar was apprehensive about his first airplane ride. His friends, eager to hear how it went...

The Fear of Man

One of the most gifted speakers in church history was John Chrysostom—the name comes from a Greek...

Scaring the Cab Driver

A passenger in a taxi leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him on the...

Courage Is Fear Holding on a Minute Longer

Famed World War II tank commander General George Patton said, “Courage is fear holding on a minute...

Faith to Sleep

A mother and her four-year-old daughter were preparing to retire for the night. The child was...

Kinds of Fear

Mysophobia is fear of dirt. Hydrophobia is fear of water. Nyclophobia is the fear of darkness....